I was reading a post on Metafilter awhile back that linked to a bunch of Sherlock Holmes radio shows posted on the Internet Archive. I realized that the archive is a great source for audio recordings for sampling or other creative uses. Here are some handy links for searching audio by licenses that allow derivative

Looking for new material for sampling? xeno-canto is a trove of bird recordings from around the world. The recordings are all licensed using creative commons licenses. Read more about the terms here. From the site: xeno-canto is a website dedicated to sharing bird sounds from all over the world. Whether you are a research scientist,

I was reading a post on Bitwig Beats a few days ago about how to create NI Stems files using Bitwig. A Stems file – which uses the .mp4 container format – packs 4 audio tracks (“stems”), plus a master track, into a single file. Each of the 4 stems in the file can be independently controlled for remixing using compatible

In case you missed it, earlier this summer IK Multimedia released a firmware update for their iRig series of mobile audio interfaces (like the iRig Pro) that enables 24-bit/96kHz recording. You can get the firmware updater by logging in to the IK site and downloading the updater software. Upgrading is simply a matter of launching the installer,